“THE SPLENDID MOUNTAIN STREAM WAS A
NEVER ENDING DELIGHT”

W I L D R O S E S

A Tale
of the Rockies
BY
HOWARD R. DRIGGS

UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND LINCOLN

Copyright, 1916, by
THE UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
To My Mother
WHO LOVED THE WILD ROSES

CONTENTS

CHAPTERTITLEPAGE
[I.][A Cowboy Celebration][1]
[II.][New Trails][15]
[III.][Morgan’s Dance][28]
[IV.][Fire Water][42]
[V.][Fisherman’s Luck][52]
[VI.][Ankanamp][65]
[VII.][Mountaineer Memories][75]
[VIII.][Remembering the Early Days][83]
[IX.][After the Ball][99]
[X.][Companionship][110]
[XI.][Mountain Fun][120]
[XII.][Among the Tepees][129]
[XIII.][At Shadow Pool][138]
[XIV.][At the Old Shack][147]
[XV.][The Fatal Throw][161]
[XVI.][The Roundup][166]
[XVII.][Ranch Roses][177]
[XVIII.][By the Cabin Fire][196]
[XIX.][In the Heart of the Hills][204]
[XX.][A Turn in the Trail][221]
[XXI.][The End of the Long Trail][233]